LucidHopper wrote:Listening to Brainwave Entrainment mp3's tend to keep your mind focused. They help with me cos i tend to forget that i'm counting & i end up losing track in my thoughts

You should probably work on learning to control those "forget that I'm counting" moments.Any moment you lose focus such as that is a moment you can potentially fall asleep... or just be generally unsuccessful.

I call those moments "mind interruptions"... and you want to decrease the frequency of those until you don't get them anymore. Ever.